Photos: Racing Le Mans with Patrick Dempsey

Look who wants to join the ranks of Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and James Garner: Patrick Dempsey, aka "McDreamy,” is a car racer. He spent time with critics in L.A. this summer knocking his day job (“Grey’s Anatomy”) as routine, and calling racing much more gratifying.
Velocity cable network follows Dempsey through France’s 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in a four-part miniseries premiering Wednesday. “Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le Mans” co-stars the actor and his Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Dempsey’s team, co-owned with Italian soccer star Alessandro Del Piero, is observed from sponsorship to recruitment, time trials to peeks at his family.